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2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups 28th May 1916 On the Move   10th Jun 1916 In the Trenches   15th Jun 1916 Relief Complete   21st Jun 1916 Reliefs 27th Jun 1916 Patrols 6th Jul 1916 On the March   12th Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed   19th Jul 1916 Attack Made   27th Jul 1916 Reliefs   15th Aug 1916 Reliefs 19th Aug 1916 Trench Raids 21st Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed 27th Aug 1916 Reliefs 19th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed 27th Sep 1916 Reliefs   3rd Oct 1916 Relief 9th Oct 1916 Relief   15th Oct 1916 Reliefs   21st Oct 1916 Reliefs   26th Nov 1916 Reliefs   24th Dec 1916 Reliefs   23rd Feb 1917 Reliefs 2nd Mar 1917 Reliefs 9th Mar 1917 Reliefs 23rd Apr 1917 Reliefs 30th Apr 1917 Reliefs 6th Jun 1917 Reliefs 4th Jul 1917 Horse Show 20th Aug 1917 Reliefs 22nd Aug 1917 Attack Made   23rd Aug 1917 Reliefs   8th November 1917 Postings 18th Mar 1918 Reliefs Complete 18th Mar 1918 Reliefs Completed 19th Mar 1918 Reliefs Completed   20th Mar 1918 Raid   21st Mar 1918 In Defence 21st Mar 1918 Attack 22nd Mar 1918 Aerial Battles 23nd Mar 1918 In Defence 24th Mar 1918 Holding the Line 25th Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks 28th Mar 1918 Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry? There are:5277 items tagged 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. Copinger John Patrick. 2nd. Lt. (d.10th September 1917) Layton Philip Humbert. Pte (d.8th May 1918) Measey George. Pte. (d.5th Oct 1918) Neale William Henry. Pte. (d.Chadwick End, Knowle) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. William Henry Neale 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.Chadwick End, Knowle) My grandad, William Neale, took part in Battle of Langemark in 1917. He received a gunshot wound to his back on 20th of Sept 1917 and was sent back to Aston Hospital to recover where he met my nanna. He later went to Egypt with the 2/4th Battalion until 1919. He died in 1972 Martin Neale Add to this record.   2nd. Lt. John Patrick Copinger 2/4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.10th September 1917) John Copinger was born on 28th August 1888, son of the late Rev. H.E and Annie Stewart Copinger, 30 Sherborne Gardens, Ealing, London. HeServed with the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action on 10th September 1917 age 29 years Ypres Salient, Battle of Passchendaele. So ended the attack on Hill 35. Upon its slopes were added our dead to the dead of many regiments. But our casualties were few considering that the attack had been brought to a standstill by machine-gun fire. Of D Company officers Guest was wounded (he had behaved with gallantry in the attack) and Copinger missing. He is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery (the cemetery was created after the Armistice and is the final resting place for 4,500 soldiers who were reburied from the battlefields north east of Ypres). A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1902-05, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Pte. George Measey 2/4th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (d.5th Oct 1918) My great uncle, George Measey, was born at Oakley, Buckinghamshire on the 21st December 1888, to Joseph Measey and Martha Elizabeth Gladdy who were landlords of the Royal Oak, Oakley and farmers. George fought in France and Flanders with the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion. He was taken prisoner of war and sent to Switzerland to recover from illness, but died on the 5th October 1918 aged 29. His funeral procession George was buried at Vevet St Martins, Lake Geneva, Switzerland. He along with his brothers, Frank, Thomas and Charles are recorded on the war memorial at Oakley. I was given his medals and photo by my grandmother Mary Anne Govier [nee Measey] who was married to Henry Govier of Oakley. Although I never had the opportunity to meet with him he is remembered in our family along with his brothers who never came back to live with their family in Oakley. Stephen Govier Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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